The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-02-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

i've name of an inmate of the Nevada
penitentiary.
"A cabbage two feet through and
weighing forty pounds elicits compli-
mentary notices from the California
press
"A Rochester On. ~ lad, who had
been stealing newspapers from door
steps for some time past, was recently
sentenced to six months in the peniten-
tiary.
"A process by which leaves may be
preserved on the stem and retain indefi-
nitely their fresh, natural appearance
is said to have been devised by ''Yan-
kee college professor. IN Y Sun.
in the country: sAnd is the air
healthy in this villageP" Excellent,
Monsieur, excellent. One can become
a centenarian here in q little while.
French Fun.
Edward M. Knox, of New York, is
afflicted with the ownership of mon
ster emerald weighing eighteen carats.
1t knocks the spots out OF the best
known emeralds in Europe, and has
made all the counoisseurs of gems turn
green with envy.-N Y. Tribune.
"A Rockland (Me.) man who played
the part of pirate in drama one
evening recently entered SO heartily
into the spirit of the occasion that
when it came his turn to be stabbed
and to fall down he fell so violently as
to break his shoulder
"A demented colored boy was dis
covered living in cave in the vicinity
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squalid quarters were in a filthy condi-
ton. being strewn with ears of corn,
turnip skins and apple cores. He was
nearly famished, and was at once re-
moved to the asylum at Media--N Y.
Herald.
Several influential citizens of Al
bany, N. Y. have taken steps toward
the organization of historical society.
having for one of its objects the estab-
lishment and maintenance of perma-
nent museum in which all objects Of
his trical or artistic interest pertaining
to Albany may have a permanent
home.
-Jack-rabblt hunting is favorite
pastime in Idaho. BY a Territorial
law the county treasurer of each coun-
ty pays bounty of five cents for the
ears OF each rabbit. The cost of kill
ing a rabbit is about one and one-half
cents, leaving clear profit of three
and one-half cents. In some parts OF
the Territory there are people engaged
in the exclusive occupation of killing
these pests.
They call the tramp in Australia
'.sundowner," because he always
reaches cattle or sheep ranch at sun
down, too late for work and just in
time for supper and bed. There is
nothing in the name, however, as the
animal is the same in the antipodes AS
he Is hcre-a cumberer of the earth
who is more worthless than coyote
or a jack-rabbit-San Francisco Chron-
sclc
The supervisors authorized the
town treasurer at Madison. N. Y, to
pay bounty of ten cents for the kill
ing of ground hogs. Recently, while
the treasurer was away from homo.
his wife paid bounties on one thousand
four hundred and ninety chipmunks
whose tails were presented rs certif-
Gates by crowd of boys. The treas
urer is now eadeavoring to collect
$40 from the boys parents. -Ba6ato
Courier.
Tho Anaheim (Cal.) Gazette re-
lates remarkable stories of the strength
of an animal, unknown in that section
of the country, that has recently made
its appearance, and is proving a terror
to hog-owners. According to the
Gazette it carried off two hogs, at differ
ent times. weighing about seventy and
one hundred pounds respectively. On
another occasion hog weighing over
200 pounds was killed. but only par.
tally carried off, A bounty of 800 is
offered for the capture Of the animal.
-Ayoung man in Lancaster County,
Pa, got license to marry, and with
his sweetheart went across the Susque'
hanna river to the residence of the
Rev. George s. Bell to get married
But MIR. Bell lives in York County. and
the Lancaster County license wouldn'i
do. He was equal to the emergency
however, and led the anxious young
folks back on the long bridge tina
spans the river, and when they were
nearer the Lancaster than the YorI
shore he married them in the presenct
of crowd of interested witnesses tina
had followed. = Philadelphia Press.
"A small dog fell into vat of tan
ming LIQUID in new London tanner.
and was likely to drown. for it was a
night and the building was closed
But in swimming around he found
peg about six feet long that stops tn
hole in the bottom of the vat. wher
the liquid is drawn of, and his en-
deavors to perch on the top Of the pc,
loosened it SO that it popped out Of tn
hole. Then the liquid ran out and tn
dog was found the next morning shiv
,ering on the bottom Of the empty val
No one saw all this. but the circum
stantial evidence is strongly in favor Q
tho axnlanafi - Hartford Post